Deuteronomy 1:11-15

May the Lord, the God of your fathers increase you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you, just as He has promised you!

How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife?

Obtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.